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SUMMARY:Cropsey\, Wyeth\, and the American Landscape Tradition
DESCRIPTION:Cropsey\, Wyeth\, and the American Landscape Tradition\n\nOpen Wednesday–Monday. Closed Tuesdays except for special events. \n\nOctober 4\, 2025 – May 31\, 2026\nBrandywine Museum of Art — Chadds Ford\, PA \nThe Brandywine Museum of Art presents Cropsey\, Wyeth\, and the American Landscape Tradition\, a landmark exhibition centered on the first-ever museum display of a monumental rediscovered masterwork by Hudson River School painter Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823–1900). \nAt the heart of the exhibition is Autumn in the Ramapo Valley\, Erie Railway (1873)\, an extraordinary canvas measuring nearly 7 feet long. Commissioned in 1873 by Irish-American railroad magnate James McHenry\, the painting celebrates both the grandeur of the American landscape and the rise of American industry. The train cutting through the valley references the Erie Railroad\, in which McHenry had recently secured a controlling stake — a subtle but powerful statement about progress\, expansion\, and national identity. \nShortly after its completion\, the painting was shipped to England and remained in private British collections for more than 150 years. In 2025\, it was acquired by The J. Jeffrey and Ann Marie Fox Foundation for American Art\, marking its long-awaited return to public view. This exhibition offers the first opportunity for audiences to see the work since 1873. \nThe Hudson River School and Industry\nBeyond Cropsey’s masterwork\, the exhibition surveys the 19th-century explosion of American landscape painting and its relationship to industrial expansion. Featured artists include: \n\nAlfred Thompson Bricher\nAlbert Bierstadt\nWilliam Trost Richards\nJohn Frederick Kensett\nMary Blood Mellen\nMartin Johnson Heade\n\nThese painters helped define a distinctly American vision of nature — dramatic\, expansive\, and often infused with national optimism. Yet their works also reveal the tension between untouched wilderness and advancing railroads\, commerce\, and settlement. \nFrom Cropsey to the Wyeths\nThe exhibition continues beyond the Hudson River School\, tracing a line of artistic inheritance into the 20th century. Through key works in the Brandywine Museum and Wyeth Foundation collections\, the show explores how American landscape painting evolved through: \n\nWinslow Homer\nGeorge Bellows\nN.C. Wyeth\nand ultimately Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009)\n\nArchival material from the Wyeth family library reveals a deeper engagement with Hudson River School artists than previously recognized. Andrew Wyeth studied their composition\, allegorical themes\, and even their treatment of industry within landscape. Selected watercolors and tempera works — including some never before exhibited — demonstrate how that legacy carried forward in subtle but meaningful ways. \nThe result is not just a historical survey\, but a reconsideration of how American landscape painting evolved across generations. \nExhibition Dates\nOctober 4\, 2025 – May 31\, 2026 \nFor deeper context on the rediscovered Cropsey painting\, visitors can explore the exhibition microsite:\nhttps://brandywineathome.org/cropsey/
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LOCATION:Brandywine Museum of Art\, 1 Hoffmans Mill Rd\, Chadds Ford\, PA\, 19317\, United States
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